Just how important was the first Starbucks store in India? Important enough that CEO Howard Schultz was there to talk to reporters. (PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)

Just how important was the first Starbucks store in India? Important enough that CEO Howard Schultz was there to talk to reporters. (PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)

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Shultz and Starbucks aren't going it alone. They have a partner in the deal, Tata Global Beverages. At right is vice chairman of the Tata Global Beverages, R.K. Krishna Kumar. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Shultz and Starbucks aren't going it alone. They have a partner in the deal, Tata Global Beverages. At right is vice chairman of the Tata Global Beverages, R.K. Krishna Kumar. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Indian employees are getting the Mumbai store ready for its first day. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Indian employees are getting the Mumbai store ready for its first day. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

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It could be Seattle or New York. But it's Mumbai. (PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)

It could be Seattle or New York. But it's Mumbai. (PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)

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A worker wraps a Starbucks sign written in the Hindi script as the coffee chain's logo is seen behind a translucent screen in the background outside the chain's first Indian outlet undergoing fitting in Mumbai on Wednesday. (INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images) less

A worker wraps a Starbucks sign written in the Hindi script as the coffee chain's logo is seen behind a translucent screen in the background outside the chain's first Indian outlet undergoing fitting in Mumbai ... more

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A worker (top) wraps a Starbucks sign written in the Hindi script as the coffee chain's logo is seen behind a translucent screen in the background outside the chain's first Indian outlet undergoing fitting in Mumbai on Wednesday. (INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images) less

A worker (top) wraps a Starbucks sign written in the Hindi script as the coffee chain's logo is seen behind a translucent screen in the background outside the chain's first Indian outlet undergoing fitting in ... more

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Earlier this week, you could only sit and wait for the Mumbai Starbucks to open. (INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images)

Earlier this week, you could only sit and wait for the Mumbai Starbucks to open. (INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images)

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